Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2005
Muslims have to admit that they
themselves treat Islam unfairly, rather than accuse the West of offending Islam. Muslims have never let their voices be heard
nor assumed their responsibility in explaining and defending Islam.
London university professor Fred Halliday defends
Islam, but also...
Date of source: Friday, March 25, 2005
Dr. Ahmad al
-Tayyib, President of the Azhar University, talks in al-Musawwar about the legality of a woman leading prayer, the Western
demands for a change in the Azhar curricula, and reports that Jihād verses were omitted from the Azhar curricula.
Date of source: Sunday, March 27, 2005
Marginalizing religious syllabus
The
Ministry of Education has made art an essential subject in the school syllabi that is calculated in the overall grade, while
the religious education subject is not. When students find out that the religious education subject is not of vital
importance to the...
Date of source: Friday, March 25, 2005
In a final statement at the end of the first round of dialogue between the International Islamic Forum for Dialogue
(IIFD), ulamā’, and Middle Eastern priests, they all concurred to having the interfaith and intercultural dialogue a
religious duty incumbent on the followers of both religions.
Date of source: Friday, March 25, 2005
Shoura Council member Nabīl Luqā
Bibāwī has recently authored a book entitled Islām al-Aqbāt wa Ictināq al-Muslimīn Lil Dīn
al-Masīhī…al-Hal al-Jazrī [Coptic conversion to Islam and Muslim to Christianity…a radical solution]. In his
book, Bibāwī suggested the formation of a committee that would...
Date of source: Sunday, March 27, 2005
The author writes about using force in conversions and reconversions. The author does not mention Wafa’ Costantine but this article is clearly about her.
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2005
A Christian-Muslim Dialogue Group from Europe
explored Muslim-Christian relations in Upper Egypt and found a very different picture from what is usually reported in
Western media.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Theories are discussed as to the success of peaceful cooperation between Muslims and Christians in Bani Suwayf, Upper Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 8, 2005
The Christian-Muslim Dialogue Group from Austria visited Egypt with the desire to discover a new context for Muslim-Christian relations that might inspire their own practice of Christian-Muslim dialogue in Europe. The group experienced dialogue at very different levels, from religious leaders and...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Shaykh Ahmad al-Husaynī Subh explained that any dā‘īya is an imam, but not all the imams are dā‘iyas.
For an imam to be considered a dā‘iya, it takes familiarity with all the sciences, through intensive readings, and
acquiring interpersonal skills in a way that enables him to convey his message.